Influences that Worsen Fire Damage in Greenwood Homes

7/10/2022 (Permalink)

If your home or business is struck by fire damage, contact SERVPRO. Our technicians are ready for the job and make it “Like it never even happened.”

Fire Damage Must Be Cleaned Quickly

There are many instances where the resulting damage to a home after a fire can be a considerable cleanup and restoration challenge for responding professionals. Even with the experience of our SERVPRO team, we have many obstacles and hurdles that prevent the fast and focused cleanup of smoke damage to the structure. In addition, various types of smoke damage require different cleanup approaches entirely, so first, our team must identify the type of damage:

• Wet smoke
• Dry smoke
• Grease fire residues
• Furnace puff backs

Moisture in the Environment

Moisture is one of the major influential factors to the ease of cleaning fire damage in Greenwood homes and businesses. Wet surfaces are harder to clean, as this humid or damp environment slows the combustion process and creates more of a smoldering effect than a rapid burn.

High Heat Fires

Likewise, high heat fires also present specific cleaning obstacles for our professionals. While the residues might not be as thick, higher heat fires put smoke under pressure and drive it into porous surfaces like drywall and wood.

Contact Time with Smoke Damage

Another factor that changes the restoration needed after fire and smoke damage is how long materials and contents are exposed. The longer it takes for restoration and mitigation to begin, the thicker surface residues become as smoke solids settle on horizontal planes.

Age of Impacted Material

As a general rule, the older a surface or building material is, the harder it will be to clean and restore when exposed to smoke damage. SERVPRO professionals must act fast to protect these items with non-abrasive tactics that might damage the underlying substrate. 

Several factors and variables can influence how easily surfaces can get cleaned and restored after smoke exposure. We carefully inspect and evaluate impacted contents and building materials to provide the fastest and most thorough fire cleanup. Give our SERVPRO of Indianapolis South team a call today at (317) 784-3008.